Dhaka, March 9 -- The yields on treasury bills (T-bills) showed a mixed trend on Sunday as banks preferred investing their excess liquidity in the government's shorter-tenure securities rather than longer-term ones.

The cut-off yield, generally known as the interest rate, on the 91-day T-bills fell to 9.89 per cent on the day from the previous 9.90 per cent.

On the other hand, the yield on 182-day T-bills rose to 9.99 per cent from 9.98 per cent.

Besides, the yield on 364-day T-bills reached 10.00 per cent from 9.94 per cent, according to the auction results.

On the day, the government raised Tk 82.50 billion by issuing three types of T-bills to partially finance its budget deficit.

"Most banks preferred investing their excess liquid...